LEADER 03278oam 2200697I 450 001 9910807814403321 005 20230126205410.0 010 $a1-136-90114-0 010 $a1-136-90115-9 010 $a1-283-03827-7 010 $a9786613038272 010 $a0-203-84178-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203841785 035 $a(CKB)2560000000058330 035 $a(EBL)667843 035 $a(OCoLC)705930082 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000473334 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11335321 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000473334 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10448011 035 $a(PQKB)11643979 035 $a(OCoLC)708568017 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC667843 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL667843 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10446885 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL303827 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000058330 100 $a20180706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSovereignty and social reform in India $eBritish colonialism and the campaign against sati, 1830-1860 /$fAndrea Major 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (161 p.) 225 0 $aRoutledge/Edinburgh South Asian studies series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-88835-4 311 $a0-415-58050-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Map: India in the 1830s; Introduction; 1 Chivalry, sacrifice and devotion: Imagining sati in Rajput society; 2 Princes, politics and pragmatism: The formation of British policy on sati in the princely states; 3 Victims, perpetrators and self-determined sacrifices: Strategies for suppressing sati in the princely states; Afterword; Glossary of Indian words; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThe British prohibition of sati (the funeral practice of widow immolation) in 1829 has been considered an archetypal example of colonial social reform. It was not the end of the story, however, as between 1830 and 1860, British East India Company officials engaged in a debate with the Indian rulers of the Rajput and Maratha princely states of North West India about the prohibition and suppression of sati in their territories. This book examines the debates that brought about legislation in these areas, arguing that they were instrumental in setting the terms of post-colonial debates about s 410 0$aRoutledge/Edinburgh South Asian Studies Series 606 $aSati$zIndia$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aWomen$zIndia$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSocial problems$zIndia$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$zAsia$xAdministration$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aIndia$xColonization$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aIndia$xHistory$yBritish occupation, 1765-1947 615 0$aSati$xHistory 615 0$aWomen$xHistory 615 0$aSocial problems$xHistory 676 $a954.03/1 700 $aMajor$b Andrea.$01093232 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807814403321 996 $aSovereignty and social reform in India$93936009 997 $aUNINA